During the concerts, Roger Waters made a few speeches about the inflatable pig and the audience before "Run Like Hell". What is heard on the live album is a mix of 2 different dates: June 15, 1981, and June 17, 1981, both at Earl's Court, London.

At some shows, the "Master Of Ceremonies" sections also included the announcement that people in the audience standing on their seats would be shot.

During the actual shows, the keyboards were mixed louder than on the live album, so that there was a clear balance between the keyboards and the guitars. In the official release, the keyboards are lower in the mix.

The album reached #19 on The Billboard 200 and went Platinum (1 million copies sold) in the US in May of 2000.